Showing posts with label MIZZOU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MIZZOU. Show all posts

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Waka Flocka: Get Me The F**K Off Atlantic!

Waka Flocka is the trap's MVP. He follows politics.

Waka Flocka Flame is a busy man. He's prepping up for the Flockaveli 2 album. But one thing that's delaying the release, Atlantic Records. He's been vocal about the label delaying his album release.

He's temped to buy out his contact.







He's released three mixtapes this year and is temped to release a EP called Flockaveli 1.5 for free on the social nets.

He even teased the stans with the single Blue or Red which was produced by his production team Metro Boomin' and Southside of the 808 Mafia.



Waka's really following the U.S. presidential elections. He's  shown interest in the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Waka is very active in politics. Seeing that Trump is running for the president, Waka had thought about running for president too.

When the Republicans went through a month of searching for the next House Speaker, he thought it would be cool to be the Speaker of the House. They ended up choosing Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for their speaker.

Waka also appeared on a local news agitator doing the weather. He was doing a charity concert for flood victims. A South Carolina news channel allowed the entertainer get a crack at the weather.

Earlier this year, MSNBC had Waka on to discuss the University of Oklahoma's fraternity shouting NIGGER in a musical chant.

Waka was beefing with Gucci Mane. Gucci was pissed that his mom, Miss Mizay took control over 1017 Brick Squad when the rapper got caught in a federal case. Gowop is serving a 3.5 year bid in federal time out in Terre Haute, Indiana. They recently just settled their feud.

Monday, November 09, 2015

Students Fight Racism At MIZZOU!

The MIZZOU Tigers football team threatened to boycott games. They backed the resignation of the University of Missouri's president after accusations of ineptness. The university is facing criticism over allegations of racism.

The University of Missouri had a massive protest this weekend. It involved allegations of racist activity on the campus and the staff isn't doing enough to stop it.

MIZZOU president Tim Wolfe was being called to resign.

Today, Wolfe resigned. The chancellor of MIZZOU also announced he's stepping down.

Wolfe faced pressure to resign because of how he's handled a number of issues -- most prominently, racial tensions on campus.

Over the weekend, more than 30 black players on the MIZZOU football team announced they would not practice or participate in any team activities until Wolfe resigned. Some graduate students and faculty staged a walkout on Monday, similarly pressing for Wolfe to step down. On Sunday, state lawmakers joined the calls.

The MIZZOU Tigers football team warned the president that if he doesn't exit stage right, they will forfeit games.

The controversy was brought to the junk food media's attention. The Black students had enough of the inept actions of the facility. The protests begin after a feces smeared Swastika was found on campus. The person who committed the act wasn't caught and it mounted no recommendations from the president to combat this.

The last major incident that happened at MIZZOU was covered back in 2010. Two students placed cotton balls around the Black Cultural Center. They were apprehended and charged with littering.

The students were upset that these two weren't charged with a hate crime.

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) both issued statements condemning the allegations of racism on campus. They pledge to do whatever it takes to help MIZZOU through its turmoil.

MIZZOU even reached the White House. Press Secretary Josh Ernest praised the protesters for rallying together to demand fundamental changes at the university.

"I think this also illustrates something that the president talked a lot about in the context of - his campaign, that a few people speaking up and speaking out can have a profound impact on the communities where we live and work", said Ernest during this morning's briefing.

This stuff is happening over at Yale, Stanford and it's spreading.

Any thoughts on the developments in Columbia, MO?

Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Curtain Closes On Michael Sam!

Michael Sam quits football. The curtain falls on the first openly gay football player. He can now say he's a washed up celebrity. 

I guess the fame has passed. The world was hoping for a miracle. Unfortunately, Michael Sam didn't offer that. His surprising admission that he is openly gay and he wanted to join the NFL gotten so much attention in 2013. 

The sports community was wondering if the league was ready to have an openly gay player.

It didn't happen. 

Michael Sam was the player of the year. He was the defensive back for the University of Missouri (MIZZOU) Tigers. He was drafted for the St. Louis Rams. He was picked 267 out of the 350 picks. He was quickly cut after he failed to maintain a successful catching records.  He won a ESPY award for his courage.

He would soon get a pick on the Dallas Cowboys reserve squad. It didn't last but less than seven months.

He would end up on reality television. The washed up celebrity show Dancing With The Stars had him on the recent season. He was cut in the fourth week after failing to match to other competitors.

Then apparently he ended up playing for the Canadian Football League. He was drafted for the Montreal Alouettes. He signed a two year contract with the team. But after few months on the team he gave it up for no apparent reason.

I am guessing he and his boyfriend are broken up as well. He was planning on marrying Vito Cammisano his longtime partner. 

Sam claims that he's giving up on football. He said that he's been treated for mental issues. 

Any thoughts on this?

Was Michael Sam the "great hype" or just a giant hype?

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Sam I'm Not!

Michael Sam got cut from history.

This was one of the most controversial moves by the NFC team. The St. Louis Rams decided that history will have to wait.

They decided to cut Michael Sam from the team. Despite praise for picking the first openly gay football player to the NFL, the Rams didn't think Sam had the potential.

That means that Sam (if still interested) will be a free agent and hopefully he'll get on a major team,

I am guessing today the LGBT community will probably pissed over this.

Sam took the official social networking website to post his thanks to the Rams for at least going one step forward.







The first openly gay NFL player was a great thought on television and in the papers. But the NFL still has the mentality that you have to be either a wife beater. You got to be speeding in your ride. You have to have an obsession with firearms and be a known a gun enthusiast. You could be a potential murderer.

Hell, you can have marijuana in your system or steroids and still have at least three games on suspension.

But if you're a gay player, you can't get much other than the bench.

I don't care if the guy is gay. If the dude can throw a ball and take a sack, then give the guy a chance to show it on the field.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Michael Sam Got The Call!

Michael Sam will play for....

The possibility of the first openly gay football star being picked is......happening!

Many figured that the former MIZZOU star was going to be the first in history.

Michael Sam will be closer to his alma mater. He will be a member of the St. Louis Rams.

That Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall sound the alarm that the openly gay football star will be a part of a NFL team. The real reason for this is basically the conservative agitator calling the St. Louis Ram (last place in the NFC West division) a bunch of pussies.





The siren went off today confirming that Sam was the 249th pick in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Sam was a consensus All-American and the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior at Missouri.

Sam came out as gay in media interviews earlier this year. His team and coaches knew his secret and kept it for his final college season.

“I looked in their eyes, and they just started shaking their heads — like, finally, he came out,” Sam told The New York Times earlier this year — the first time he had spoken publicly about his sexual orientation.

Tension mounted throughout the day whether or not Sam would get drafted. Sam was the 249th out of 256 picks in the draft.



According to STATS, there were 530 undrafted free agents on NFL rosters during week 17 of last season.

There was a total of 404 players on rosters who had been drafted in rounds five through seven, though the pool of undrafted players from year to year is much larger than those drafted in those three rounds.

Sam has said he wants to be evaluated solely on his athletic ability and NFL executives and coaches, all the way up to Commissioner Roger Goodell, have said publicly that will be the case.

Goodell told ESPN that he wants to see Sam succeed in the league.

“I want to see Michael Sam get an opportunity to play in the NFL,” Goodell told ESPN Thursday before the first round of the NFL Draft. “We like to say the NFL is the ultimate meritocracy. If you can play football, they want to see you play. The teams want you. The fans want you. And that’s ultimately what it’s all about.”

Goodell continued: “I have great respect for Michael, his courage, his decision to become public, and I’m optimistic that he’s going to get that opportunity, and hopefully he can play at this level.”

Monday, February 10, 2014

The NFL May Gets Its First Gay Star!



Michael Sam announces that he's going to be the first openly gay NFL star. The former MIZZOU defensive end shared his story with ESPN and of course controversy will come from fellow NFL players and the racist right.

Chosen as a first-team All-American after the 2013 season, has publicly come out as gay. The college football standout is eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft and is poised to become the first active openly gay player in the league's history. He spoke publicly about his sexuality for the first time to The New York Times and ESPN on Sunday.

"I am an openly, proud gay man," Sam told ESPN.

The 24-year-old from Hitchcock, Texas revealed to both outlets that he had come out to his teammates during a preseason football practice before the Tigers' 2013 campaign.

"I understand how big this is," Sam told ESPN. "It's a big deal. No one has done this before. And it's kind of a nervous process, but I know what I want to be ... I want to be a football player in the NFL."

A 6-foot-2, 255-pound senior who was voted co-defensive player of the year in the vaunted Southeastern Conference for the 2013 season, Sam made his announcement just two weeks before the NFL Scouting Combine begins on Feb. 22 in Indianapolis.

“We admire Michael Sam’s honesty & courage," the NFL said in a statement released on Sunday, via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. "Michael is a football player. Any player with ability and determination can succeed in NFL.”

Sam recounted for The New York Times the moment when he came out to his teammates during a team-building exercise at preseason practice last year.
University of Missouri (known as MIZZOU) is a part of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
“I looked in their eyes, and they just started shaking their heads -- like, finally, he came out,” Sam said.

After coming out to his teammates and coaches during the preseason, Sam starred on the field as the Missouri rolled to a 12-2 record and a 41-31 win in the Cotton Bowl. Given the type of year that Sam had, he was rated as the 12th-best outside pass rusher available in the upcoming NFL draft by ESPN Scouts Inc. and projected to be a mid-round selection. With the NFL's readiness for its first active openly gay player an open question, Sam's draft position will be watched closely in May. Several unnamed NFL personnel members interviewed by Sports Illustrated after Sam's announcement believed that coming out would adversely affect his draft stock.

"I don't think football is ready for [an openly gay player] just yet," an anonymous NFL player personnel assistant said, reported Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans of Sports Illustrated. "In the coming decade or two, it's going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it's still a man's-man game. To call somebody a [gay slur] is still so commonplace. It'd chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room."

The general manager of one NFL team told Peter King of Sports Illustrated that he believed Sam would not even be drafted after coming out. Meanwhile, GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis contended that the leadership displayed by Sam should make teams eager to have him on the roster.

"By rewriting the script for countless young athletes, Michael has demonstrated the leadership that, along with his impressive skills on the field, makes him a natural fit for the NFL," Ellis said in a statement. "With acceptance of LGBT people rising across our coasts -- in our schools, churches, and workplaces -- it's clear that America is ready for an openly gay football star."
Coming out Michael Sam is going to be the first openly gay football star.
Should any NFL executives or coaches with questions turn to Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel for answers then they will likely hear about Sam's desire to keep the focus on football and the example he set for this teammates.

“We’re really happy for Michael that he’s made the decision to announce this, and we’re proud of him and how he represents Mizzou," Pinkel said in a statement. "Michael is a great example of just how important it is to be respectful of others, he’s taught a lot of people here first-hand that it doesn’t matter what your background is, or your personal orientation, we’re all on the same team and we all support each other. If Michael doesn’t have the support of his teammates like he did this past year, I don’t think there’s any way he has the type of season he put together."

One of Sam's former teammates at Missouri, Trey Hobson, was also among those expressing support for him on Twitter.

Sam had been planning on coming out publicly before the NFL Draft but he had initially intended for the news to break after the NFL Combine, according to Outsports' behind-the-scenes look at the announcement. His plans were accelerated after unnamed scouts at the Senior Bowl in January were asking about his sexuality.

"At the Senior Bowl, it was the first question I got from the scouts almost every time," one of Sam's agents, Joe Barkett, told Outsports. "He didn't feel there was an agenda behind the question other than trying to determine if the word on the Internet was true. "They would ask about spending time with him, were there girls around? Who is his girlfriend? They didn't ask that about another client, Tom Hornsey. They only asked it about Michael."

Wanting to come out on his own terms, Sam altered his initial timetable, eventually speaking with ESPN and The New York Times on Sunday. After the news broke, Sam took to Twitter to thanks those who helped him in coming out.

While Sam was thankful for the support he received, Athlete Ally Youth Programs Director Akil Patterson was among those noting the impact that this pioneering decision could have on others.

"Having played Division I football as a closeted gay man, I recognize the game-changing potential here for athletes everywhere, " Patterson, a former standout offensive lineman at the University of Maryland, said in a statement. "If Michael Sam can navigate this transition into the NFL as an out man of color, it will open doors for young people everywhere, particularly in football. More athletes will feel comfortable being true to themselves at a younger age and that will translate into better performance on the field and in the classroom. I think we have the capacity to go from one trailblazer to a large community of players within a surprisingly short period of time."
Relief.
Although several former NFL players have come out after retiring and it was widely presumed that their are currently gay players in the league, there has never been an openly gay player. In April 2013, veteran NBA center Jason Collins came out with a first-person piece in Sports Illustrated. The 35-year-old was entering free agency and did not find a new team for the 2013-2014 season. A month later, former U.S. national soccer team player Robbie Rogers became the first active openly gay player in a major professional North American team sport when he stepped onto the field for the L.A. Galaxy of the MLS.

Aaron Rodgers, Kerry Rhodes, Manti Te'o are gay NFL stars even though they openly deny the accusations. And yet, there's proof from their former boyfriends.

It's still a tightrope for gay athletes and professionals. They are often rejected because of their sexuality.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

K.C. Mayor Upstaged By Ignorant Black Constituent!

Man makes himself the news when he jumped the stage during a State of the City Address by Kansas City mayor Sly James. The protester Derron Black is a perennial candidate who lost many races. But this week's outburst may help put him with those in the Tea Party Movement. He needs advice from Congressman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina).

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the state. It's population is 472,000 and it's growing. The city covers four counties and the neighboring sister Kansas City, Kansas. The region covers the western end of Missouri and portions of eastern Kansas.

The city is home of the Kansas City Royals baseball team and Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL team still grieving over the horrible decision made by Jovan Belcher, a teammate who killed his former girlfriend and then himself.

The city is famous for barbecue, jazz, blues and the beautiful landscapes. And you can add an ignorant Black man to the city's fame.

Well today, it's reported that mayor Sly James was rattled by an angry constituent.

The mainstream media was taken back by the abrupt interruption by the man who knocked down the flagpole and stole the microphone.

He managed to get a few swears in before he was taken down by security.




The man who allegedly disrupted Kansas City Mayor Sly James’ State of the City speech on Tuesday was charged Wednesday with two misdemeanors.

Derron Black's mugshot from the lockup!
The Kansas City Star reports that Derron L. Black, 31, was charged with third-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and with obstructing government operations, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

As the mayor was giving his speech before an audience of about 250 people at the Gem Theater, a man went on stage and commandeered the microphone. The court file alleges that when the mayor’s police-provided bodyguard, Marlon Buie, grabbed him, Black resisted Buie by punching and swinging his arms.

Buie suffered a cut on his neck and bruising on his arm. He was treated at North Kansas City Hospital on Tuesday.

Black posted bond on Wednesday and was released from jail. He could not be reached for comment.

According to the court record, Black acknowledged in a statement to police that he interrupted the mayor by throwing a flag to the floor and yelling obscenities.

On Tuesday night, a statement was posted on YouTube that purported to be an apology from Black.



“This is Derron Black,” the audio segment said, adding that he was in the jail at police headquarters. “I’m just reflecting on all today’s events, and I would just like to apologize to all my fellow Kansas Citians for being disrespectful and disruptive today.”

The statement went on to challenge James “about the true reality of the condition of the people east of Troost or just throughout Kansas City in general.”

The mayor was not harmed and went on to finish his speech, which tried to highlight progress in the city over the past year.

Black was an unsuccessful candidate last year for a seat representing Missouri House District 23.


Friday, March 05, 2010

MIZZOU: 2 students arrested in cotton ball incident

Zachary Tucker, left, and Sean Fitzgerald were arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of second-degree tampering.

COLUMBIA — An anonymous tip led to the arrest Tuesday night of two MU students in connection with last Friday's scattering of cotton balls in front of the MU's Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center.

Sean D. Fitzgerald, 19, and Zachary E. Tucker, 21, were arrested on suspicion of second-degree tampering. Police are pursuing the charge as a hate crime, making it a felony.

Statement by MU Chancellor Brady Deaton released Wednesday regarding the arrests:

Based on the information available to me, and in accordance with the University of Missouri’s Student Conduct Code (as outlined in the Collected Rules and Regulations, Chapter 200), I have determined it is in the best interest of the university community to temporarily suspend those students, Sean D. Fitzgerald and Zachary E. Tucker, who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident that occurred on Feb. 26 at the front entrance of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, pending the outcome of the formal student conduct process. The Boone County Prosecutor will make a determination related to any criminal prosecution.

I commend MUPD Chief Jack Watring and his officers for their rapid and effective response during this difficult time. I also wish to thank the Legion of Black Collegians for the leadership they have demonstrated and to all those who attended and spoke out at LBC’s town hall meeting. My colleagues and I in the MU administration have listened carefully to all that was expressed and join all of you as we work together in support of our Mizzou family.

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